It’s complicated and no one is happy.
A new bill would tell you how much the ad-targeting data you give to companies like Google and Facebook is worth.
New legislation proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley that’s intended to rid social media of supposed political bias ignores the platforms’ real problems.
Workers joined community activists in demanding change from Google on sexual harassment in the workplace and plans for a censored search engine for China.
“Regulation is here and it’s time and it’s good,” Nicole Wong said onstage at Code 2019.
Plenty of dodgy content is still allowed.
When the European Union looked at Google, it hit the company with about $9 billion in fines.
We use Glassdoor data to take a look at the opaque world of Google contractor treatment and pay.
On the latest Recode Decode with Kara Swisher, Weinberg explains why it’s time for Congress to step in and make “do not track” the norm.
Carter spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher recently about AI ethics, tech regulation, and more, and you can hear the full conversation now on Recode Decode.
Making tracking cookies optional is only a half step toward privacy.
Harris, previously best known for his association with the Time Well Spent movement, compares the unchecked rise of tech to the “catastrophic” future of climate change.
Worker pay, however, is stagnating.
Plus: Why space will be a “trillion-dollar business.”
This could speed up the process for other companies to get the FAA’s okay.
And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really “self-driving.”
Facebook and Google could soon be forced to pay more creators for the content that appears on their sites.
AI Now Institute founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker explain everything you need to know on the latest Recode Decode.
Critics are alleging that Heritage Foundation President Kay Cole James has made anti-trans statements.
Wojcicki spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the Lesbians Who Tech summit in San Francisco.
Facebook without Instagram? Amazon without Whole Foods? That’s Warren’s hope.
Chavern’s organization advocates on behalf of 2,000 print and online media outlets.
Tech workers have helped minimize the controversial employment practice within their industry, and now they’re pushing to stop it at a national level.
Dowd joins Kara Swisher on the latest episode, sitting in for Pivot’s regular co-host Scott Galloway.
It’s a big win for employee activists who have long demanded the change — but the new policies won’t apply to Google’s temps, vendors, and contractors.
TV and newspapers are out. Facebook and Google are in.
Silicon Valley has compromised our autonomy, Zuboff says: “They can take hold of our behavior and shift it and modify it in ways that we don’t know.”
Diller, the former CEO of Paramount and Fox, talks about the diminished power of movie studios and why “Netflix has won this game” on the latest Recode Decode.
Experts weigh in on whether a for-profit journalism initiative can do what big tech can’t.
O’Connor thinks we’ll get a federal privacy bill this year. But she’s more concerned about the future of free speech on the internet.
McNamee was an adviser to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and helped recruit Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, but now he’s speaking out against the social giant.
They spent a combined $48 million — up 13 percent from 2017.
Fried says tech startups are addicted to raising and spending money, and the VC funding cycle is to blame.
The fine is symbolic and it won’t leave much of a mark.
The EFF and McSweeney’s teamed up last year to produce a special edition of the quarterly magazine about the “end of trust.”
A new class of politically mobilized tech employees are trying to save the industry from itself.
Voice assistants are more habit-forming in cars than on smartphones.
The internet giants make billions from ads. They want news publishers to sell subscriptions instead.
The group wants tech companies to stop restricting workers’ right to take companies to court over employer-related issues.
On Pivot, NYU’s Scott Galloway talks with his colleague, the co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind.